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August 15, 2013
Mobile Medical Services brings care to Florida's farmworkers
As the blue-and-white bus lumbers into the yard at 5 p.m., 15 people are waiting with sore backs, roiling stomachs and throbbing headaches.
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August 15, 2013
'Welcome Baby' aims to keep L.A.'s babies thriving
Thanks to the success of a pilot program targeting maternal, prenatal and infant health at California Hospital Medical Center, approximately 14,800 more Los Angeles-area families soon will be eligible for services to ensure the best start possible for mothers and babies.
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August 01, 2013
Keeping Up
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August 01, 2013
CMMB to use challenge grant to build health center in Haiti
The New York City-based Catholic Medical Mission Board plans to build a 30-bed health center in Cotes-de-Fer, Haiti, using a $2 million challenge grant from an anonymous donor.
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August 01, 2013
Mercy and Capella end sale discussions involving Hot Springs, Ark., hospital
Mercy and Capella Healthcare ended their discussions to join together Mercy Hot Springs and National Park Medical Center in Hot Springs, Ark., executives from the two systems said in a statement.
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August 01, 2013
Daughters of Charity Health System aligns South Bay hospitals, urgent care in California
The Daughters of Charity Health System of Los Altos Hills, Calif., has created a new Santa Clara County market, with a strategy to align its hospitals and urgent care center located in the south San Francisco Bay area.
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August 01, 2013
Nashville's Saint Thomas begins renovation project
Saint Thomas Hospital of Nashville, Tenn., has started a four-year, $110 million renovation project that will add a six-story inpatient tower to the campus. Administrators said the project will improve critical care and surgical services.
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August 01, 2013
Mount Carmel, OSU Wexner to affiliate
Two Columbus, Ohio-based health care organizations, CHE Trinity Health's Mount Carmel Health System and The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, announced an affiliation on June 18, saying they will build on their existing relationship to improve access, quality and coordination of care and to lower costs.
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August 01, 2013
A pause for prayer
St. Elizabeth Hospital staff in Gonzales, La., sprang into action when they received word shortly after 8:30 a.m., June 13, of an explosion at a chemical plant located about eight miles away in Geismar, La.
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August 01, 2013
Loyola Chicago to accept undocumented immigrants at Stritch School of Medicine
Leaders at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine have received inquiries from interested students around the country since becoming the nation's first medical school to publicly welcome applications from undocumented immigrants in response to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which was launched under an executive action by President Barack Obama last year.